• Comparison of functional diversity of two alaskan arctic shelf epibenthic communities 

      Sutton, Lauren; Iken, Katrin; Bluhm, Bodil; Mueter, Franz J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-01)
      Alaskan Arctic shelf communities are currently experiencing dramatic changes that will likely affect ecosystem functioning of Arctic marine benthic communities. Here, functional diversity based on biological traits was used to assess differences and similarities in ecosystem functioning between 2 shelf systems that are geographically close but vary in many environmental influences: the Arctic Beaufort ...
    • Developing an observational design for epibenthos and fish assemblages in the Chukchi Sea 

      Iken, Katrin; Mueter, Franz J.; Grebmeier, Jacqueline M.; Cooper, Lee W.; Danielson, Seth L.; Bluhm, Bodil (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-14)
      In light of ongoing, and accelerating, environmental changes in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean, the ability to track subsequent changes over time in various marine ecosystem components has become a major research goal. The high logistical efforts and costs associated with arctic work demand the prudent use of existing resources for the most comprehensive information gain. Here, we compare ...
    • Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities 

      Sutton, Lauren; Mueter, Franz J.; Bluhm, Bodil; Iken, Katrin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-10)
      Community assembly theory states that species assemble non-randomly as a result of dispersal limitation, biotic interactions, and environmental filtering. Strong environmental filtering likely leads to local assemblages that are similar in their functional trait composition (high trait convergence) while functional trait composition will be less similar (high trait divergence) under weaker ...
    • Harvest control rules in modern fisheries management 

      Kvamsdal, Sturla F; Eide, Arne; Ekerhovd, Nils-Arne; Enberg, Katja; Gudmundsdottir, Asta; Hoel, Alf Håkon; Mills, Katherine E.; Mueter, Franz J.; Ravn-Jonsen, Lars; Sandal, Leif Kristoffer; Stiansen, Jan Erik; Vestergaard, Niels (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-07-20)
      Harvest control rules have become an important tool in modern fisheries management, and are increasingly adopted to provide continuity in management practices, to deal with uncertainty and ecosystem considerations, and to relieve management decisions from short-term political pressure. We provide the conceptual and institutional background for harvest control rules, a discussion of the structure of ...